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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
staying quiet would be a PR disaster IMO...
its not like the police are on a fishing expedition and are going to find unpaid taxes on the Hoffman's computer and arrest him for it... even Colangelo in Philly wasn't charged for a similar situation; he simply resigned and by doing so pretty much admitted culpability imo
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It's ironic you mention the police finding something on a computer not relating to what they're looking for. I agree you'd take a PR hit but you don't hand over items like that for the exact example you give.
You're giving complete access to:
-Your internet browsing history
-Communications
-Social media
-Financial information
Wiping it all is extremely easy to recover even with a low level format of the partition.